Attachment for check-row corn-planters



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A. WALLY & H. BEOKMAN.

ATTACHMENT FOR CHECK ROW CORN PLANTERS.

No. 326,813. Patented Sept. 22, 1885.

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2 Sheets-Sheet 2 A. WALLY & H. BEOKMAN.

ATTACHMENT FOR CHECK ROW CORN PLANTERS. No. 826,813.

Patented Sept. 22, 1885 "mum-. 11]

WI .TJV' ESSES Attorneys NITED STATES PATENT Fries.

ATTACHMENT FOR CHECK-ROW CORN-PLANTERS.

"'LECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,813, dated September 22, 1885. A nmtmu filed July 8, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ANDREW \VALLY and HENRY BEOKMAN, both residents of Montrose, in the county of Henry and State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Check-Row Corn- Planters; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a top view of a check-row cornplanter equipped with our improved attachment. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a rear view. Fig. 4 is a top view showing the planter in a reversed position, and Fig. 5 is a detail view of the reversingsheave.

The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures.

This invention relates to an improved attachment for check-row corn-planters,whereby the check-wire may be adjusted when the machine is reversed at the ends of the field more easily and conveniently than by such means as are now ordinarily employed for this purpose; and it has for its object to provide a device of this class which shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general efficiency.

\Vith these ends in view the invention consists in the improved construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawingshereto annexed, A designates the axle, and B B the wheels, of an ordinary check'row corn-planter, of which 0 designates the frame, D D the seed-boxes, E the seed-slide, and F the tongue, all of which are of ordinary construction. G is a cross-bar arranged upon the seed-boxes, and having boxes or bearings for the transverse operating-shaft H, the ends of which are provided with the forked wheels I I, adapted to receive and to be engaged by the tappet wire or cord J,which passes through the said forked wheels in the usual well-known manner. The ends of the cross-bar G are provided with longitudinal brackets K K, at the ends of which are arranged eye-hooks L L, which afford guides for the tappet-wire, which is thus positively caused to engage the forked levers, to which reference has already been made.

Pivoted about centrally to the cross-bar G is a lever, M, theupper end of which is provided with a handle, N, by means of which it may be conveniently manipulated, and the lower end of which engages the seed-slide, which latter may thus be conveniently adjusted in any desired position for starting at the ends of the field.

The rear end of the frame of the machine is provided with uprights O O, supporting the drivers seat P. The rearward supports of the latter are connected by a cross-piece, Q, to the ends of which are attached a pair of eyehooks, pulleys, glass tubes, or other suitable anti-friction and guiding devices, for guiding the tappet-Wire in the proper direction in such a manner as not to intercept or interfere with the passage of the tappets formed upon or attached to the said wire.

To the rear frame-bar of the frame 0 of the machine is hinged or pivoted an arm or lever, B, to the under side of which is pivoted a brace, S, terminating at its front end in a hook, T, by means of which the said brace may be connected to one of the eyes or staples T T, which are secured, as shown, upon the upper sides of the side bars of the frame of the machine. By means of this brace the arm B may be retained in position, extending diagonally in a rearward direction from the frame to either the right or the left hand side, as may be required. The said arm may also be conveniently and rapidly shifted from one side to the other, as shown, respectively, in Figs. 1 and 4 of the drawings.

Secured pivotally to the rear end of the arm or lever B is a bracket, U, consisting of the two slightly-curved cheeks VV, connected at their outer edges, and provided with arms TV upon their inner edges, through which passes the attaching and pivoting bolt X. Between the said checks is j ournaled a series of three pulleys, Y Y, between which the tappet-wire passes, as shown, said pulleys serving not only to guide the said tappet-wire, but also to retain it in position and prevent it from dropping or becoming disengaged. It will be seen that this bracket, in operation, is located upon the inner side of the outer end of the reversible arm or lever B, and that when the latter is reversed the said sheave may also be reversed, being pivoted upon the end of the said arm or lever, so that it will at all times remain in its proper position with relation to the said arm or lever and to other parts of the planter. The arm or lever B should be connected to the rear cross-bar of the frame by means of a universal joint, Z, which will enable it to be more readily shifted or changed from side to side than an ordinary pin or pivot; but the detailed construction of such swivel-joint is immaterial to my invention.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings hereto annexed, the operation and advantages of this invention will be readily understood.

The improvement is capable of being easily applied to check-row corn-planters of ordinary construction, and it enables the tappetwire to be shifted at the endsof the field, when the planter is turned or reversed, without causing it to slide or drag into place, which not only causes a considerable and injurious wear upon the wire, but also increases the draft to a considerable extent.

The construction is simple and inexpensive, and the device may be easily manipulated.

Having thus described our invention, we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. As an improvement in check-row cornplanters, the combination, with the main frame of the planter, of the arm orlever swiveled to the rear crossbar of the same, the swinging bracket pivotally secured upon the outer end of the said arm and provided with a series of pulleys, between which the tappet-wire passes,- and means for securing the said swiveled arm in its adjusted operative position, as set forth.

2. As an improvement in check-row cornplanters, the combination, with the main frame of the planter, of the arm or lever swiveled to the rear cross-bar of the same, having the pivoted brace terminating at its free end in a hook adapted to engage with suitable staples upon the side bars of the frame, and thereby secure the said swiveled arm or lever in its adjusted position, and provided at its outer end with the pivoted swinging bracket having a series of pulleys, between which the tappet-wire passes, all constructed and arranged in the manner and for the purpose shown and set forth. v

3. As an improvement in check-row cornplanters, the combination, with the arm or lever swiveled to the rear cross-bar of the main frame of the planter, of the herein-described curved bracket, consisting of the cheeks connected at their outer or front edges, and having the arms at their inner edges, whereby they are pivotally secured to the outer end of the said arm or lever, and a series of three pulleys journaled'between the said cheeks, substantially as described, for the purpose set forth.

4. As an improvement in check-row cornplanters, the combination of the cross-bar mounted transversely upon the seed-boxes, the rock-shaft journaled to the same and having the forked tappet-wheels, thelongitudinal arms or brackets at theends of said crossbar, provided with guides or eye-hooks at their ends, the cross-bar mounted upon the rear seat-support and provided at its ends with friction-rollers or other suitable anti-friction guiding devices, and the reversible arm or lever swiveled to the rear cross-bar of the frame of the planter, having the pivoted brace terminating at its free end in a hook adapted to engage with suitable staples upon the side bars of the main frame, and thereby secure the said swiveled arm in its adjusted position, and provided at its outer end with the pivoted swinging bracket having a series of pulleys, between which the tappet-wire passes, I

ANDREW WALLY. HENRY BEOKMAN.

Witnesses:

JOHN SoHrLrz, GEo. \V. DUNN. 

